Five Go Down To The Sea

• Finbarr Donnelly (RIP) - vocals
• Ricky Dineen - guitar
• Mick Stack - guitar
• Keith 'Smelly' O'Connell - drums
  
  

Bio:

Donnelly & Dineen (both ex Nun Attax) met guitarist Mick Stack in 1981 and began to play together. They added cellist Una Ni Chanainn who they'd seen performing in a play with Mick Lynch (of the Mean Features). This 2 guitar and cello band evolved into Five Go Down To The Sea in 1982 with another ex Nun Attax Smelly on drums. When they moved to the UK in 1983, Una stayed behind. They released the "Knot A Fish" EP on Kabuki in 1983, the "Glee Club" EP on Abstract in 1984 and "Singing In Braille" on Creation in 1985, a unique trio of recordings which are highly recommended. When the band split in 1985, Mick Stack left for the USA, Smelly withdrew for live music and returned to Cork, while Donnelly & Dineen formed Beethoven.

There are many unreleased studio and radio session tracks (e.g. "While My Guitar Meryl Streeps") and probably lots of live material aswell. A band crying out for a discography CD.

"their music is characterized by discordant erratic melodies, tough persistent drumming and extremely distinctive and original vocals."--Vox #14

In 2001, Paul McDermott produced a radio documentary called Get That Monster Off The Stage, broadcast on Cork Campus Radio in July 2001. This is an audio portrait of Finbarr Donnelly and his bands (Nun Attax, Five Go Down to the Sea, Beethoven). It can now be downloaded from www.getthatmonsteroffthestage.com

In June 2004, Ricky Dineen assembled a band to play a few Nun Attax/5 Go Down To The Sea songs as part of a play called "Losing Web" staged at Corcadorca in Cork.

tracks:
Big Brown Ceann
These Boots Were Made
Wild My Cigar Meryl Streeps
Lorry Across The Lee
Blue Moon Song

 

 

side one:
Fishes For Compliments
Elephants For Fun And Profit

side two:
There's A Fish On Top Of Shandon (Swears He's Elvis)
Why Wait Until April

tracks:
Are You A Horse
Unga Bungasong
Tell Elvis I Love Her

track: Kelly from Killeen

   

side one:
The Glee Club
Jumping Joley
Often

side two:
Boon For Travellists
What Happened Your Leg ?

   

tracks: Often (same version as the Glee Club EP?)

Notes: Most likely the same version as on the Glee Club EP which is listed on the insert.

 
Mayking test pressing dated 19 June 1985

side one:
Singing In Braille

side two: Aunt Nelly
Silk Brain Worm Women

tracks: Queen Grassy Arse (live)

 

track: Unga Bunga Song (live)

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